Support: Left block of a limestone altar with mouldings on top of front face and below on front, left and back, because the block was either recut at right or adjacent with a symmetric block at right (w: 0.295 × h: 0.48 × d: 0.345).

Layout: Inscribed at left on the cavetto of the upper moulding (w: 0.295 × h: 0.065 × d: 0.345); the altar had been formerly inscribed with IGCyr103310².

Letters: 0.04 to 0.05; lightly cut left to right; smaller omega.

Date: Probably fourth century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found before 1960 at Cyrene ➚: in the Sanctuary of Apollo, West of the Strategeion, so called Agora of the Gods.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen by D. Morelli in 1960 at findspot, in the Sanctuary of Apollo. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1977 in situ.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

(scil. Autel du) Kour(ète).

English translation

(scil. Altar of the) Cur(ete).

Italian translation

(scil. Altare del) Cur(ete).

Commentary

The script shows clearly that this mention was inscribed later than IGCyr103310² (contra Morelli).

On this altar two deities were worshipped and possibly separately, as their names were inscribed on two different sides of the block.

This inscription was erroneously collected twice in the first edition; the other entry, under number IGCyr006600, has now been deleted.

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Fig. 1. Drawing of igcyr103315 Dedication to the Courete

Fig. 2. Squeeze of igcyr103315 Dedication to the Courete

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